How to Install a WordPress Theme? Not a difficult question. You can install a theme very easily. Here is the ways:

I think you already installed the latest version of WordPress. If you did not do it and do not know how to install wordpress, please visit this page: How to install wordpress.

Then, find a beautiful wordpress theme. You can check the themes in our gallery or try other theme sites. Download the theme. It should be a zip file. Then you can upload it to your web host.

There may be a Read Me, Guideline, etc file in zipped file. If yes, read it.

First way to install a wordpress theme:

1. Enter your blog’s wordpress admin panel,
2. Select the Appearance panel,
3. Select Add New Themes,
4. Use the upload link in top sub-menu and upload the zipped file of the theme,
5. Then go to Appearance/Themes and activate the theme.

Second way to install a wordpress theme:

1. Extract the theme folder in zipped file that you downloaded,
2. Use an FTP client such as FileZilla or CuteFTP to connect to your hosting account.,
3. Locate the /wp-content/themes/ directory,
4. Upload the theme folder into this directory(not the zipped file, theme folder),
5. Enter your blog’s wordpress admin panel,
6. Then go to Appearance/Themes and activate the theme.

Do not forget to read the Read Me, Guideline, etc file in zipped file(if there is). Because some themes needs plugins. You should download and install these plugins, too. But mostly, themes do not needs plugins.

This is a video tutorial about how to install a wordpress theme:

If you need more help, please visit: Using themes – Adding New Themes

You can see that “how to install a wordpress theme” is not difficult. Adding new themes function in admin panel helps a lot.